Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA 1918-2006

Sir Kyffin Williams was born in 1918 in Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London from 1941 to 1944. He went on to become the Senior Art Master at Highgate School from 1944 to 1973, and in 1968 gained a Winston Churchill Fellowship to record the Welsh in Patagonia.

Williams's first one-man exhibition was held at P & D Colnaghi, London in 1949. Subsequent solo exhibitions were held at the Leicester Galleries, London, Glynn Vivian Museum & Art Gallery, Swansea, Howard Roberts Gallery, Cardiff and the Tegfryn Gallery, Menai Bridge. He has exhibited at the Thackeray Gallery, London biennially from 1975 and also exhibits regularly at the Albany Gallery, Cardiff. A retrospective of his work was held in 1987 at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, and subsequently toured to the Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. A portraits retrospective was held at Oriel Ynys Mon, Llangefni in 1993.

Williams was President of the Royal Cambrian Academy from 1969 to 1976, and again from 1992. He was elected ARA in 1970 and RA in 1974. He was made an Honorary Fellow of University College, Swansea (1989), University College, Bangor (1991) and University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1992). In 1991 he received the Medal of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He was knighted in 2000

Sir Kyffin Williams lived and worked in Gwynedd, Wales. He died on 1st September 2006 aged 88.
Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Bryn-y-Bar, Rhoscolyn

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Bryn-y-Bar, Rhoscolyn

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20 x 44 ins (50.80 x 111.76 cms)

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Cottages at Cilgwyn

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Cottages at Cilgwyn

Oil on canvas

20 x 30 ins (50.80 x 76.20 cms)

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Rough Sea Porth Dafarch

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Rough Sea Porth Dafarch

Oil on canvas

30 x 30 ins (76.20 x 76.20 cms)

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Cottage, Deiniolen

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Cottage, Deiniolen

Oil on Canvas laid on Board

7 x 16 ins (17.78 x 40.64 cms)

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Farmer and Dog

Sir Kyffin Williams

Farmer and Dog

Oil on canvas

30 x 30 ins (76.20 x 76.20 cms)

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Glyder Fach, Snowdonia

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Glyder Fach, Snowdonia

Oil on canvas

20 x 24 ins (50.80 x 60.96 cms)

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Llanrhyddlad

Sir Kyffin Williams

Llanrhyddlad

Oil on canvas

16 x 22 ins (40.64 x 55.88 cms)

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Periwinkles and Hawthorn II

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Periwinkles and Hawthorn II

Oil on canvas

30 x 20 ins (76.20 x 50.80 cms)

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Snowdonia, Roadside Cottage on the Banks of Llyn Peris

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20 x 24 ins (50.80 x 60.96 cms)

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Sir Kyffin Williams OBE RA - Welsh Village

Sir Kyffin Williams

Welsh Village

Pen and Ink Wash

9 x 11¼ ins (22.86 x 28.58 cms)

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